9. quot;It turns out
you can change
a Lepoards
spots........quot;
It's not just middle school
aged kids interested in the Apple
laptops. They also bring families
together in an interactive
medium. Kids can put together
fun video projects and explore
the boundless possibilities of
technology.
Gaggle.net helps the
students to contact
each other and
teachers. If students
are absent they can
email it to their
teacher. If kids need
their homework because
they forgot their
agenda-mate they can
email each other.
Garageband presents
information in a fun
25. Design Criteria:
1. Gadget must have a volume between 2000 and 3000 cubic cm
2. Gadget must have a surface area between 1000 and 3000 square cm
3. Gadget must have a curved edge length (from a cylinder or cone)
4. Gadget must have a straight edge length (from a prism or pyramid)
5. Project sketches from Google SketchUp must be approved before
calculations of volume and surface area are started.
39. Survivor
On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl 4 reactor exploded near
Pripyat, Ukrain, allowing clouds of radioactive smoke to be
released into the atmosphere. Thousands of people died of
radiation related deaths. The Soviet Union covered up the
incident, so we have no exact number of deaths. This book is
dedicated to the workers and firefighters who fought the fires at
Chernobyl, and to everyone that died because of it.
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40. 4/26/86: The workers
here at Chernobyl just
conducted a test on the
reactor. I don't know
much about it, but I know
it failed. The reactor's
making funny noises. It'll
sort itself out... I have
such a terrible headache.
I need a painkiller.
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41. 4/27 I haven't had time to
write... terrible events
have happened.
I smelled steam! I should
have said something! I
remember a noise, and a
flash of light! The roof
flew up, if I remember
right. The noise like a
thousand banshees! I ran!
Things crashed around
me! I didn't know what to
do... I ran to the woods. I
didn't know what else to
do... I'm exhausted. I'll
write some more soon.
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